英汉词典

confusion 基本解释

• n. 混淆，混乱；困惑

confusion 词态变化

confusion 英文词源

confusion (n.)

late 13c., "overthrow, ruin," from Old French confusion (11c.) "disorder, confusion, shame," from Latin confusionem (nominative confusio) "a mingling, mixing, blending; confusion, disorder," noun of action from confundere "to pour together," also "to confuse" (see confound). Sense of "a putting to shame" (a sort of mental "overthrow") is late 14c. in English, while that of "mental perplexity" is from 1590s.

confusion 英文释义

1. disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably;

"the army retreated in confusion"

2. a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior;

"a confusion of impressions"

3. a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused

4. an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended;

"the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel"

5. a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another;

"he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"

confusion 同义词解析

confusion, disorder, disturbance, mess, chaos

这些名词均表示事物的"混乱"状态。

confusion： 指东西搅混在一起，凌乱得难以辨认；也可指思想混乱，以致无法进行正常的思维活动。

disorder： 正式用词，含义广泛。指事物因失去原有的秩序而造成混乱；也可指社会中的动乱或骚乱。

disturbance： 主要指社会中政治性的动乱、骚乱；也可指个人或少数人的闹事。

mess： 语气强，口语中较常用的非正式用词。指既混乱又肮脏，尤指人思想混乱或外表不整洁。

chaos： 着重指令人无能为力或感到绝望的混乱状态。突出没有很好的组织。

confusion 双语例句

1. His mind was a haze of fear and confusion.

由于害怕和困惑，他当时处于一种混沌状态。

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2. Use different colours of felt pen on your sketch to avoid confusion.

用不同颜色的毡头笔画草图，以免搞混。

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3. His people had fallen further and further into a quagmire of confusion.

他的人民在混乱不安的泥潭里越陷越深。

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4. This served to hide the confusion and imprecision in their thinking.

这个被用来掩盖他们思想的混乱和不准确。

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5. We always left his office in a state of confusion.

我们总是一头雾水地离开他的办公室。

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confusion 实用场景例句

There is some confusion about what the correct procedure should be.

对于应该采取什么正确步骤，还是有些不明确。

牛津词典

a confusion as to what to do next

不清楚下一步该怎么办

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To avoid confusion, please write the children's names clearly on all their school clothes.

为避免搞错，请在孩子所有的校服上写清楚他们的姓名。

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confusion between letters of the alphabet like ‘o ’ or ‘a ’

像o或a这类字母之间的易于混淆

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He looked at me in confusion and did not answer the question.

他困窘地看着我，没有回答问题。

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Fighting had broken out and all was chaos and confusion.

战斗爆发了，一切都陷入了混乱不堪的状态。

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Her unexpected arrival threw us into total confusion.

她的突然到来使得我们不知所措，乱成一团。

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...the pressures and confusions of puberty.

青春期的种种压力和困惑

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There's still confusion about the number of casualties...

伤亡人数依然不明。

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Omissions in my recent article must have caused confusion.

我最近一篇文章中的几处省略肯定造成了困惑。

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There was confusion when a man fired shots...

一个男子开了几枪，场面一片混乱。

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The rebel leader appears to have escaped in the confusion.

叛乱分子首领似乎已乘乱逃脱。

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We always left his office in a state of confusion.

我们总是一头雾水地离开他的办公室。

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Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion.

只有两只野狗从这场混乱中得到了好处.

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In the confusion her departure passed unnoticed.

混乱之中,没有人注意到她走了.

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His unexpected arrival threw us into total confusion.

他的突然来访使我们完全不知所措.

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Confusion betrays the guilty.

慌张显出有罪,神色慌张必有鬼.

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This accident upset our plans and threw us into confusion.

这个意外事件搅乱了我的阵脚.

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His speech flung the meeting into confusion.

他的发言使会场一片混乱.

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Words like " believe " and " receive " are a source of confusion in spelling.

诸如believe和receive这样的词在拼写上容易混淆.

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The meeting adjourned in confusion.

会议在混乱中休会.

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In the ensuing confusion another eight persons were hurt.

在随后的骚动中,又有八人受伤.

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His arrival created a terrible confusion.

他的到来引起一场大乱.

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A small child's confusion in distinguishing the right from the wrong is quite natural.

小孩子不明是非是很正常的.

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His answers to my questions have only added to my confusion.

他对我的问题的回答只是使我更加困惑不解.

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When the government policies are expressed imprecisely, confusion results.

政府政策的措辞含混不清就会产生混乱.

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Our surprise attack caught the enemy off balance and threw them into confusion.

我们的突然袭击把敌人打了个冷不防,他们顿时乱作一团.

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